Note 63 — CONTENTS. (continued 6)

Previous, however, to the readiness of the men to make the ascent, the wife, Kanewahineikiaoha, remarked to Aikanaka: “We will never escape; we shall all be defeated by Kawelo. I told you frequently that if my husband should survive from this death, then we would perish.” The husband said: “Will he that is dead come to life? maybe his flesh has become soft; perhaps it has reduced to nothingness.”63 “It may be so,” the wife answered; “it is not clear.” In due time the man urged that they go up and kill those two persons. However, the friend,64 who was the bosom companion of his early childhood, preceded the band.